Authors: Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist (23 page)

This book is an English version of
O Alquimista,
the Portuguese original edition, published in Brazil by Editora Rocco Ltd. (Rio de Janeiro). Copyright Â© 1988 by Paulo Coelho. This edition was prepared by Alan R. Clarke in consultation with Paulo Coelho.

A previous paperback edition was published in 1994 by HarperSanFrancisco, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. A HarperFlamingo edition was published in 1998. A previous Harper Perenial paperback edition was published in 1998.

THE ALCHEMIST
(25th Anniversary Edition). English version copyright Â© 1993 by Paulo Coelho and Alan R. Clarke. Foreword Â© 2014 by Paulo Coelho. Prologue translation copyright Â© 1998 by HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Illustrations Â© 2014 by James Noel Smith. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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